World's largest radio telescope begins operationsThe world's largest radio telescope was put into use on Sunday in a mountainous region of southwest China's Guizhou Province. Shortly after noon, in a karst valley in Pingtang County, hundreds of astronomers and astronomy enthusiasts witnessed the official launch of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope's (FAST) mission to explore space and hunt for extraterrestrial life. FAST aims for pulsars outside Galaxy

Alibaba to launch world's first e-commerce satellite in 2017Juhuasuan.com, a group shopping website affiliated with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, recently announced plans to launch the world's first e-commerce satellite in 2017. The project is in cooperation with the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology and the China Space Museum.

First Beidou CORS inaugurated in LaosThe First Beidou Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) was officially inaugurated at Saysettha Development Zone in Laos' capital Vientiane on Friday. The Beidou CORS will provide high-precision navigation, positioning and time services for Laos' activities of navigation and surveillance, as well as meteorology and disaster response.

Why Tiangong-2 had to 'lose weight'One of the most important goals for Tiangong-2, the space lab in orbit, is to dock with Shenzhou-11 and support two astronauts for 30 days. Tiangong-1, China's first space lab, hosted three astronauts for 15 days. So why are there less astronauts on Tiangong-2 but for a longer time, and will the weight increase due to these factors? Zhu Congpeng, Tiangong-2's chief designer, tells why.

China to begin building space station in 2017: chief engineerChina will begin building a space station that is more economically efficient and uses more data than the current International Space Station (ISS), starting as early as 2017, chief engineer of China's manned space program Zhou Jianping told Xinhua Thursday.

China successfully launches Tiangong-2 space labChina successfully launched space lab the Tiangong-2 Thursday night from the Jiuquan satellite launch center in northwest China. The mission is part of China's ambitious space program to build a permanent manned space station around year 2022. Playback

China's Tiangong-1 to fall to Earth late 2017China's first space lab Tiangong-1 is expected to fall into the Earth's atmosphere in the latter half of 2017, after about six years in space, a senior official with the country's manned space program said Wednesday.

"Kidney-selling time" again, ready for a new iPhone?China's official Apple website along with Apple stores almost "crashed" on Friday, as people rushed to pre-order products as soon as they are released. The newly-unveiled jet black iPhone7 and 7 plus are among the most favored products, as the first batch available for pre-order sold out only half an hour after arriving at Apple stores in Beijing and Shanghai.

NASA approves launch of delayed Mars lander in 2018NASA has approved the launch of its Mars lander, InSight, for May 2018, to study the Red Planet's deep interior. The mission was originally scheduled to launch in March this year, but NASA suspended preparations in December after a vacuum leak was discovered. The instrument involved is a seismometer provided by France's space agency.

China's Long March-5 on move to Wenchang launch centerChina's Long March-5 rocket has started its seven-day journey from Tianjin Port to the Wenchang satellite launch center in south China's Hainan Province. As the largest carrier rocket in China, Long March-5 is expected to see its first mission in late 2016.

Apple boosts iPhone security after spyware findApple has issued a global iPhone security update after a flaw was uncovered that can give hackers full control of a phone. In a statement, the company said it had fixed the vulnerability immediately.